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May 13
1907 - Daphne du Maurier is born |
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1888 - Lei Aurea (Golden Law) is passed in Brazil, abolishing slavery 1917 – Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal. 1939 – The first commercial FM radio station in the United States is launched in Bloomfield, Connecticut. The station later becomes WDRC-FM. 1950 – The first round of the Formula One World Championship is held at Silverstone. 1960 – Hundreds of University of California, Berkeley students congregate for the first day of protest against a visit by the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Thirty-one students are arrested, and the Free Speech Movement is born. 1981 – Mehmet Ali Ağca attempts to assassinate Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Square in Rome. The Pope is rushed to the Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic to undergo emergency surgery and survives. (source: wikipedia) Not for 2 more days, Geoff ![]() |
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May 15th
100th birthday of Max Frisch (1911-1991), one of the most famous Swiss authors |
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May 16
1866 – Charles Elmer Hires invents root beer. 1919 – The first transatlantic flight: a naval Curtiss aircraft NC-4 commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland, for Lisbon via the Azores. 1920 – In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc as a saint. 1929 – In Hollywood, California, the first Academy Awards are handed out. 1951 – The first regularly scheduled transatlantic flights begin between Idlewild Airport (now John F Kennedy International Airport) in New York City and Heathrow Airport in London, operated by El Al Israel Airlines. 1960 – Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser, at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California. 1966 – The Communist Party of China issues the 'May 16 Notice', marking the beginning of the Cultural Revolution. 1975 – Junko Tabei becomes the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest. 1988 – A report by United States' Surgeon General C. Everett Koop states that the addictive properties of nicotine are similar to those of heroin and cocaine. 1991 – Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom addressed a joint session of the United States Congress. She is the first British monarch to address the U.S. Congress. 2005 – Kuwait permits women's suffrage in a 35-23 National Assembly vote. 1953 – Pierce Brosnan, Irish actor, was born today 1966 – Janet Jackson, American singer, was born today 1970 – Gabriela Sabatini, Argentine tennis player, was born today (remember her?) 1974 – Laura Pausini, Italian pop singer wbt 1981 – Jim Sturgess, English actor wbt 1986 – Megan Fox, American actress wbt |
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May 16th
1770 - Marie Antoinette, at age 14, married the future King Louis XVI of France, who was 15. 1836 – Edgar Allan Poe marries his 13-year-old cousin Virginia. 1866 - The U.S. Congress authorized the first 5-cent piece to be minted. 1881 - In Germany the first electric tram for the public started service. 1946 - Jack Mullin showed the world the first magnetic tape recorder. 1965 - Spaghetti-O's went on sale. 1969 - Venus 5, a Russian spacecraft, landed on the planet Venus. 1992 - The Endeavour space shuttle landed safely after its maiden voyage. 2005 - Sony Corp. unveiled three styles of its new PlayStation 3 video game machine. 2011 - The space shuttle Endeavour is launched into space for the last time. *thanks pholy for this addition to the list. ![]() Last edited by dreams; 05-16-2011 at 02:59 PM. |
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A very sad addition to May 15th
2011 - Samuel Wanjiru (b. 1986), Olympic Marathon Champion 2008, dies. |
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May 17
1863 – Rosalía de Castro publishes Cantares Gallegos, the first book in the Galician language. 1939 – The Columbia Lions and the Princeton Tigers play in the United States' first televised sporting event, a collegiate baseball game in New York City. 1970 – Thor Heyerdahl sets sail from Morocco on the papyrus boat Ra II to sail the Atlantic Ocean. [and he succeeded] (source: wikipedia) Last edited by TenaciousBadger; 05-17-2011 at 02:15 AM. |
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May 17
1792: The New York Stock Exchange is formed. In 1883: Svante Arrhenius was struck by the ideas for his dissociation theory during a sleepless night. This theory explains that substances like salt (ex. sodium chloride) when dissolved in water, dissociate (separate) into electrically charged ions (ex. positive sodium ions and negative chloride ions). The idea was controversial at first, but is now a basic fact in understanding the chemistry of ionic compounds. 1875: The first Kentucky Derby is run at Churchill Downs in Louisville, KY. 1954: In the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, the Supreme Court unanimously rules that racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional. |
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1775 – American Revolutionary War: the Continental Congress bans trade with Canada. 1849 – A large fire nearly burns St. Louis, Missouri to the ground.... 1900 – Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking..... 1902 – Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer. 1970 – Thor Heyerdahl sets sail from Morocco on the papyrus boat Ra II to sail the Atlantic Ocean..... 1956 – Birth of Sugar Ray Leonard and, in 1961 - Enya.... |
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